http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/peregrine-falcons-thriving-after-going-urban/773 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/peregrine-falcons-thriving-after-going-urban/773/comment-page-1#comment-17318 Dan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:59:30 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/peregrine-falcons-thriving-after-going-urban/773#comment-17318 Peregrines are stunningly beautiful, and among the fastest birds on the planet - they can dive at something like 200 mph. I've seen them nesting on a bridge over the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, NY. They eat pigeons. The reason they like bridges and skyscrapers is that they had originally nested on cliffs. In New York, they're only resurgent because scientists learned to breed them in captivity. The ones we have today are there because they were released, and have since bred successfully in the wild. Peregrines are stunningly beautiful, and among the fastest birds on the planet – they can dive at something like 200 mph. I’ve seen them nesting on a bridge over the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, NY. They eat pigeons. The reason they like bridges and skyscrapers is that they had originally nested on cliffs. In New York, they’re only resurgent because scientists learned to breed them in captivity. The ones we have today are there because they were released, and have since bred successfully in the wild.

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